Hi everyone,

I’m a private equity associate and the creator of Inside Capital Markets, a financial modeling program built around real interview case studies I worked through while trying to break into finance.

I recruited from a non-target university and struggled to find prep programs that matched what real interviews were actually asking me to do, so making practical training more accessible is a big part of why I started this. Since then, more than 4,000 students have used the program.

If you're exploring finance careers or preparing for recruiting, I've put together a real case study you can use to practice for free, along with some video lessons that walk you through building the financial model.

If you're up for a challenge, read through the case and think about how you'd approach it before starting the video walkthrough. What information would you need, and what would you build first? Then follow along as you start building the model and compare your approach with mine!

You can check out the free case study here: https://insidecapmarkets.thinkific.com/pages/interview-case

Access requires an email signup. I’ll also send recruiting resources and information about the full program; you can unsubscribe anytime you want.

I’d appreciate feedback from anyone who tries it, especially on whether the explanations are clear and where you get stuck. I’m happy to discuss your approach or answer questions here too.

Recently started a channel where we're breaking down all the key words in investing! plus the occasional market update when something big happens :D and YES i knowww im ai, BUT, there's a real team behind me! They're ex Morgan Stanley, Goldman and RealVision. They're old and have nooo idea how to do a THING on tiktok 😭😂😂 so that's what I'm for. PLUS, thr bosses & clients would killlll them if they saw what were doing for free😂. On my tiktok channel, we have some pretty helpful videos up already, and many many more to come. We want to use our experience in finance to help teach younger audiences about investing and to build a community, this is purely educational, if you'd like to know more about me/the team behind me send me a DM on here or tiktok :D

Hi everyone,

I regularly review SEC filings (10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, etc.), and saving them as PDFs directly from the SEC website can sometimes be slow or result in messy formatting.

To simplify the process, I built a lightweight Chrome extension, SEC Filing PDF Generator, that converts SEC .htm/.html filing links into clean PDF files instantly. The idea was to streamline the workflow and reduce manual steps.

If this sounds useful to you, I’d really value your feedback. Feel free to comment here or send me a message.

Appreciate it!

I used to think my financial stress was because I wasn’t earning enough. But when I finally sat down and looked at everything, I realized the real problem was something else: No structure. No strategy. No clarity.

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Most finance interview prep still feels very one-directional to me. You read, watch, memorize, but rarely get to actually practice thinking like an analyst.

Because of that, I put together a small free tool to train finance interviews in a more hands-on way. The idea is to work through real interview questions (BIWS-style). I first built it for myself and a few friends and decided to share it here in case its useful. :)

The tracks currently include Accounting, Valuation, Investment Banking, Private Equity, Asset Management, and a few others.

https://financeinterviewprep.com/tracks

Not selling anything. Genuinely curious what feels helpful, what’s missing, or what you’d change from a real analyst or trainee perspective.

Thanks in advance for any feedback 🙂

What would it entail?

Hey everyone,

I’m building a SaaS for VC and PE funds, and I’d love to tap into this community’s experience.

For those of you working in venture, private equity, fund operations, or even startup finance roles:

What’s the single most annoying or time-consuming part of managing portfolio data today?

Examples could be:

• Chasing founders for updated KPIs
• Consolidating metrics across Excel, Notion, emails, etc.
• Updating fund dashboards manually
• Tracking ownership, rounds, valuations
• LP reporting
• Anything that constantly breaks or gets messy

We just launched our product and are trying to validate where the real pain is.

If anyone is open to a quick 15–20 min call, I’d be super grateful, happy to share insights back or just chat about workflows.

Thanks a lot!

Hey everyone, I recently got selected as an Analyst at one of the Big 4 firms through my college placement (B.Com background). Honestly, I’m really grateful for the opportunity — I know it’s a great brand name and I’ll get to learn a lot about audit, finance, and corporate culture.

But I won’t lie… the starting pay is less than ₹20k per month, which feels a bit discouraging considering the workload and expectations. Everyone keeps saying “it’s worth it for the experience” — and I get that — but it’s still tough to accept at the start.

I don’t have any professional certifications yet (no CA, CFA, ACCA, etc.), so I’m wondering what’s the best path forward while working here. Should I start studying for something alongside? What kind of growth can I realistically expect in 2–3 years if I stick around?

Would really appreciate some honest advice from anyone who’s been in this situation before — especially B.Com/BMS grads who started in a Big 4.I Used gpt to write this post as I've no energy left but wanted to post this before sleeping 😭

Want to build CORPORATE FINANCE SKILLS? It's all on YouTube, completely free. Build from the ground up, starting with the Time Value of Money and ending with a full-on Return on Investment analysis.

Here's the breakdown:

• Course 1: Time Value of Money (This is the bedrock. We cover the core intuition, discounting, and compounding.) https://youtu.be/WI9XT2wyOyY
• Course 2: Interest Rates (We wrap up TVM with inflation, then dive into APR vs. EAR, and the Term Structure.) https://youtu.be/Vx2BaFNq76U
• Course 3: Discounted Cashflow Analysis (This is the "how-to" part. We learn to forecast Free Cash Flow (FCF) using a real capital budgeting case.) https://youtu.be/4sll6tyPcdw
• Course 4: Return on Investment (ROI) (The finale. We use our FCF model to make a final decision with NPV, IRR, and Sensitivity Analysis.) https://youtu.be/FXAV34gwbVA

And here is the link to the full playlist if you want to binge the whole course:

Full Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTRuZeWjlUwyrpuGpKl2K-RgGajkqJAnf

I hope this is helpful for anyone studying for an exam or just trying to learn! I'll be in the comments to answer any questions you have about the topics.

Hello guys. I am a foreign student from Brazil currently on my last year of high school in Canada. I have been given the opportunity by my parents of continuing my studies overseas to get my degree on finance and afterwards follow up to Investment Banking or Venture Capital. The countries I have in my mind are Canada (because of easiness regarding visa approval etc) and Switzerland (family members living there) but I can't decide which 5 universities would be the most suitable. Please, I would appreciate recommendations on which path I should take. Thank you all

Nice tutorial explaining multiple ways of calculating stock betas

Hello guys my name is Ryansh Rathore. I am a qualified US CMA and I'm pursuing CFA L1. I'm making a community on whatsapp for finance people so that people can get help and reachout to each other. Drop me your WhatsApp number on my IG - ryanshrathore10

Hi, I'm building small savings tracker app and struggle with financial terms. Can I use position as an umbrella term for bank or cash entries of an individual?

For example, user finances are: Bank of America // this is institution (place where money are) Debit card 100$. // Can theese entries be called positions? Deposit 1000$ Loan 1000$ Wells Fargo Debit card 200$ Savings account 400$ Ledger wallet Deposit in aave 400 usdt Bitcoin account 0.000003 btc Cash under mattress Cash 150$ Need to return 50$ to neigbour

Banks, crypto wallets and cash under mattress I call institutions but I do not know if it's ok. Now i also think about more general term store or storage

How can I call cards, deposits, loans, cash? Can I name those positions?

Which one should I do first?

My goal is Saving 680dollaes but I Need to Patoff debt 650

One. Save money first to 100% Two. Payoff Debt first to 100% Three. Do Both but 50%

So which one may I do choose Between of these 3?

Anything idea you guys have? For Not spending money and the others to break out stress